Wale - The Mixtape About Nothing

The Blot has been waiting for this latest release from Washington D.C. rapper Wale for what seems like forever. This Seinfeld themed mixtape was announced a while ago, and while the release date kept being pushed back, the anticipation for it kept rising. Well, while I was out of town Wale finally released The Mixtape About Nothing for free through his website Elitaste.com.


I haven’t gotten to listen to it yet, because I am downloading it as I type this, but the reviews I’ve read have all been really positive. Wale is definitely the next hip-hop artist primed for a big breakthrough. Wale’s well deserved hype was brought to my attention when he started to work with UK producer Mark Ronson, who put a verse Wale recorded on a remix of Lily Allen’s “Smile.” Since then he’s performed at the 2007 MTV Music Awards and had his single, “Nike Boots,” selected by iTunes to be given away as a free single. Wale was even selected as one of the “Eight New Faces To Watch In ‘08” by Entertainment Weekly. (link) Since then Wale was signed by Interscope Records and now releases his highly anticipated album, The Mixtape About Nothing.

The mixtape is 19 tracks long and can be downloaded for free as a .zip file below. If you like the album you should hit up 10Deep.com, where a t-shirt commemorating the release of Wale’s The Mixtape About Nothing is being sold. The 10.Deep x Wale: Serenity Now t-shirt sells for $40.00 and every order comes with a hard copy of The Mixtape About Nothing.

Wale – The Mixtape About Nothing (.zip file)

The Mixtape About Nothing Track Listing
01. The Opening Title Sequence
02. The Roots Song Wale Is On ft. Chrisette Michele
03. The Feature Heavy Song ft. Bun B, Pusha T and Tre from UCB
04. The Freestyle (Roc Boys)
05. The Perfect Plan
06. The Kramer
07. The Crazy
08. The Vacation From Ourselves
09. The Remake of A Remake (All I Need) ft. Tawiah
10. The Grown Up
11. The Manipulation
12. The Artistic Integrity
13. The Star
14. The Skit (Untz Untz)
15. The Cliche Lil Wayne Feature (It’s The Remix baby!)
16. The Bmore Club Slam
17. The Chicago Falcon Remix ft. The Budos Band
18. The Hype
19. The End Credits

Muttpop’s Dr. Destruction Wild Edition Pre-Order Starts Today

The Blot’s been waiting a while for this one. I’ve never really been interested in collecting any of Muttpop’s Lucha Libre vinyl figures or Image’s Lucha Libre comic books before, but after seeing the Dr. Destruction Wild Edition vinyl figure I knew I’d have to get it. You can see from the picture below that the Wild colorway follows the same color pattern of a certain Clown Prince of Crime.


As you all know I’m a big fan of Batman, and a Joker-esque version of Dr. Destruction is right up my alley. Muttpop couldn’t have planned the release of the Dr. Destruction Wild Edition any better with it coming out just a few weeks before the release of Warner Bros.’ The Dark Knight.


For those of you unfamiliar with Dr. Destruction and the Lucha Libre line of designer vinyl figures and comic books, you can find out more about the line here. But basically it’s the story of “five middle aged Latino men [who] done Lucha Libre masks and protect East L.A.” (link) One cool thing about the vinyl toy line is that the figures were “made available before the first issues of Lucha Libre were published.” (link)

As for Dr. Destruction, another character from the popular comics, he “is the leader of Les Formidable, the first genuine group of French Superheroes.” (link) While Dr. Destruction’s “intentions are mainly cultural: Dr. Destruction is appalled with the peasant-like ways of Americans and came to East L.A. to teach them the rudiments of Les Bonnes Manieres.” (link)


The Dr. Destruction Wild Edition is limited to 250 pieces and is being sold exclusively in the U.S. at SelectStartNow.com. (link) The figure’s pre-order begins today, Monday, June 9th and orders should start shipping on or around Monday, June 30th. The figure is 8.25” tall and comes with a removable cape, cigarette, cane and rotating head. I was really pumped about ordering this figure, that is, until I saw the price.

The Dr. Destruction Original had a suggested retail price of $45.00, but the new Dr. Destruction Wild Edition is being sold online for $69.99. SelectStartNow.com says the list price for the figure is actually $79.99, but we all know that means nothing if they’re selling it for $69.99 and they’re the exclusive U.S. retailer of the figure. Seems like a ton to me for a designer toy, but I still love the colorway. Because as the figure’s description says, “this particular color way is the perfect clown prince to brighten those annoying dark nights.” (link)